It's a fucking speculation, jesus christ.

Where's the proof of that statement?

I have no concept of time, maybe it was 3 weeks, lol.

But, wouldn't mass layoffs and Warren Spector not wanting to get shoved into CD(Even though all this was denied) confirm with what is happening here?

The rumors I'm familiar with are that there were mass layoffs at Ion and that Warren Spector left of his own volition, but that was news about 3 weeks ago. What happened last week?

It looks liked Eidos is collapsing it's studios and putting them into Crystal Dynamics, which may eventually just become a inhouse Eidos studio, which is pretty much already is.

Which probably means they are closing Ion Storm as well, which would follow the rumors of last week. Some personel may be transfered over there; so, again, following rumors last week, Warren Spector will either leave or go work at CD.

Just a guess, but I can see it happening.

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To think, what Deus Ex: IW could have been, if only it used CryTek -OR- ditched the X-Bocks. Sigh


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Truthfully I haven't played Far Cry, but the pun remains try, it was a far cry from best of the year thus far.




And it's true, Bloodlines cannot be released before HL2.

Yeah, I'm sure ethics are right at the top of Valve's mission statement. I'm surprised to hear Activision says Bloodlines will be released with or without HL2 on the market... I'd also had the impression that there was an agreement saying no Bloodlines until HL2.

I don't know about that, Kaptin. I don't think Valve can hold them to such an agreement. If that were the case, it may very well spell disaster for every Source (announced and unannounced) game currently in development, especially if Valve decides to postpone the game by another two years.

Shane DeFreest of Activision said that Vampire: bloodlines will be released on time this year no matter what Valve decides to do, so I don't think Valve has any right to be the first Source game out and force everyone else to suspend their titles - it wouldn't be ethical and they'd have to pay those companies a lot of money for the forced extensions.

In any case, VTM: Bloodlines is coming, which is looking an awful lot like a spiritual successor to Deus Ex.

Sure it's coming... We just have to wait for the genuises at Valve to finally finish HL2 so they can be the first Source game out.

At least the most recent screenshots are starting to look respectable

Bloodlines and Stalker are going to bring gaming back to the PC. I don't care much for Doom 3, though - having played a bit of the beta, it seems rather boring.

If Half Life 2 comes out any time this year, we'll get that as well.

Deus Ex: IW was by far the worst triple-A title FPS this year. Painkiller beats by a mile, and Painkiller isn't too great, either. I hope that whoever called it the best FPS of the year was being sarcastic, because it was the absolute opposite of 'best'.

Is it any surprise that Eidos is taking Deus Ex out back and raping it mercilessly? After the recent firings at Ion Storm, I have no question about their intentions to drive their games completely towards the console market. What's worse is how they're focusing on dumbed-down 'action' games (read: gauntlet-simplicity) instead of smarter ones like Pandora Tomorrow and Beyond Good and Evil like Ubisoft.

Man I'd hate to be the designer behind this game...
Not only does it sound lame... but it's going to be known as the spiritual successor?
What a load...
Cross between Mercenaries and FreeFighters? Neat... but I'm not interested in the asian setting.
I feel the same about that new game, Seven Samurai 20XX.
What a load...

Hey ... I forgot about Bloodlines...

Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops! Where'd my job go?" I QUIT.

What are you refering to? You didn't actually have high hopes for Clan Wars, did you? In any case, VTM: Bloodlines is coming, which is looking an awful lot like a spiritual successor to Deus Ex.

SHIT.

I guess the only hope for the PC gaming industry now is STALKER. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Lose it? I didn't lose it. It's not like, "Whoops! Where'd my job go?" I QUIT.
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I only played FarCry untill you steal a boat (right before the demo level I think). The story wasn't interesting in the least, the gameplay fell pretty generic.

The farthest I ever got was The Boat level, about two thirds of the way through. Unless the story dramatically picks up during the last few levels they may as well not even bothered, it's so thread bare as to be virtually nonexistant.

Far Cry doesn't take place in corridors (at least some of the levels), it's really pretty, and the enemies are a little smarter than usual. Other than that there's not a whole heck of a lot to write home about.

Pssst, the year's far from finished.

I only played FarCry untill you steal a boat (right before the demo level I think). The story wasn't interesting in the least, the gameplay fell pretty generic.

Fun; yes. Good; yes. Great; better luck next time.

The icon is still on my desktop and I may continue playing it sometime. By the way, did they release a patch that enable quickload/quicksave without console command/buggy workaround?

Psht, it was a far cry from best.

Am I the only one who couldn't get in to Far Cry? It's a nice tech demo but next time I'd like a little bit of a game to go along with it.

RIP Deus Ex, we will miss your greatness!


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